Porfolio

WAR N’ PEACE Title & Mood Board

*All sources displayed on final page of portfolio

Project Description, Illustration, & Fabrics

Technical Drawing, Description, and Styling Photoshoot

Credits in image

Photoshoot

Credits in image

Title Page

Product Mockup, Fabric & Silhouette Research through Draping

* Fabric source in final image below. Special Thanks to Shelton Billings @Luvurboyyy for modelling.

HARNESS Mock-ups & Brand Description

Illustrations

3-look lineup

Title & Subject 1

Subjects 2 & 3

Subject 4 & Project Description

*Model credits in image.

Subjects 5-8

Title Page & Illustration

Politics, the news, and social media have exacerbated a growing issue in society in which myself and others are being ostracized for who we are and what we think. We are unable to voice our opinion out of fear of reaction. We stay silent. As a consequence we feel depressed, ignored, and shunned away while the noise polution of sameness and agreeable sounds resonate around us. This form of groupthink has completelty isolated the individual voice and expression, muting the volume and cranking up their own. Our voices need to be heard too — and louder. If not through words, then through visuals. The Sicilian people have a rich history of contradicting those in power, the elites, and anyone who tries to conform them. Our silence will be loud. To resonate this loud silence, I tell my story — of struggle to triumph— through trapunto, a quilting technique mastered by my Sicilian ancestors. Those like myself who have struggled through this ordeal have been so disconnected with the world that we feel left out; thus, I embrace my Sicilian culture and heritage as a means of encouraging others to feel a sense of belonging as well. To ensure that we rebuild our confidence, I implement loud, repellent structures into the collection as a means of inciting fear and to steer everyone away from our path. Black, the colour of power, is the dominant colour used to further the cause. The silhouette is developed to be more fitted, like a well-tailored Italian suit, to create the perception that the wearer is taller and bigger than they actually are. We may not be able to speak through words, but we will communicate through loud silence. �

Mood Board

Composed of primary sources taken by me and secondary sources. Secondary sources credited in final image below.

Trapunto Design Development

Secondary sources credited in final image below.

Illustrations

Lineup

Look 1, Technicals, & Detail Descriptions

Look 2, Technicals, & Detail Descriptions

Look 3, Technicals, & Detail Descriptions

Sources

All secondary source credits provided in image